CLAT 2025 Analysis

The CLAT 2025 exam maintained a similar difficulty level to CLAT 2024 i.e. easy to moderate, with a few surprises in the logical reasoning section, adding a twist to the otherwise manageable section. The Legal Reasoning section was straightforward, featuring direct inference-based questions, and few questions tested the candidates' prior legal knowledge. Quantitative Aptitude posed moderate challenges, while General Knowledge was relatively easy, with several passage-based static GK questions. The English section remained simple. Critical Reasoning was of moderate difficulty, requiring careful analysis to answer. 

QA Analysis:

This year in CLAT, just like in the last year there were two sets, each comprising six questions. The sets this year were on percentages and simple arithmetic observations. The first set gave details about the monthly income and expenses of a person. The questions from this set were pretty straightforward, except for one question. Candidates who were able to identify that one question to leave would have saved some time in this set. This set can be classified as easy-moderate in terms of difficulty.

The second set was longish and had a lot of details for students to go through and assimilate. Students who had directly started solving the questions would have saved some time as there were two questions that did not need details from the passage. The set was difficult to comprehend but not so difficult to solve. This set can be considered to be at a moderate difficulty level. Students would have done well to not have attempted this set. Those who ventured into this set would have done well if they hadn’t focused too much on the details but attempted the questions quickly.

Good attempts in this section would be around 8-9.

GK Analysis:

As anticipated, the General Knowledge section this year was relatively easy. While most questions were passage-based, several questions required prior knowledge of current affairs and static GK for accurate answers. The static GK questions were predominantly fact-based, making prior preparation crucial for saving time and optimizing performance in this section.

Once again, a topic from Modern History (Civil Disobedience Movement) made an appearance, highlighting the importance of covering historical events. The remaining current affairs questions were from topics like the Olympics, the Women's Reservation Act, Ladakh Protests, and BRICS etc. All these topics were part of our MIT (Most Important Topics) series. 

Passage 1 consisted of 390 words. Passage 2 had 310 words; Passage 3 had 220 words, Passage 4 had around 360 words, and Passage 5 had around 320 words. 

A score of 26-28 is well within the reach for well-prepared students.

Legal Reasoning Analysis:

The Legal Reasoning section of CLAT 2025 was on the easier side. The structure of the section was slightly different this year with six passages consisting of 32 questions in total. This is one more than the no. of passages in CLAT 24, which had five passages. The topics covered under these passages included types of contract (void, voidable), Digital Personal Data Protection along with Right to Privacy, Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, Environmental Protection as a part of Right to Life, Crimes against Children-children in conflict with the law and Geographical Indication act & TRIPS. 

Unlike CLAT 2024, the legal section this year tested prior knowledge of legal concepts i.e. Article 21 of the Constitution, POCSO, Article 51 A(g), Agreement with Minor, Consideration under Contract Law, Role of NCRB. Questions were inference-based rather than situation-based.

The passages were majorly extracted from newspaper articles, including The Economic Times and The Hindu, with just one passage from a research paper published in The Journal of The National Human Rights Commission of India.

The passage based on Contract Law was easy and the questions could be answered based on either a quick reading of the passage or a basic understanding of Contract Law. The passage based on ‘Digital Personal Data Protection Act’ made the paper easier, as DPDP and privacy-based questions were similar to the ones present in CLAT 2024. The questions were situation-based and tested basic knowledge of the concept. The majority of the questions were directly from the passage. While the passage on the Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024 tested static legal knowledge in one question and was easy, the options for some questions were close, pushing the difficulty up to Easy-Moderate. The passage on ‘Environmental protection’ contained the concept of International Treaties, Fundamental duties, and DPSPs. The questions from this passage could be answered if one had a basic knowledge of the Constitution of India. The two passages on the topic of ‘Crimes against children & Children in conflict with law’, and ‘Geographical Indication’ consisted of direct inference-based questions from the passage.

Overall, The Legal Section was easy and 28+ could be considered a good score for getting into top NLUs.

English Language Analysis:

The English Language section of CLAT 2025 was on similar lines to the ones seen in the recent CLATs. There were four passages with six questions each.

The topics covered were as follows: 1) Education by Swami Vivekananda ( ~370 words)
2) Why I Write by George Orwell (~350 words)
3) An excerpt from An Astrologer’s Day by R.K. Narayan ( ~ 200 words)
4) The Right Kind of Education by J. Krishna Murti ( ~ 330 words)

The sources were similar to the ones seen in the previous years; however, there were no news-based passages. All the passages were quite easy to read and all the questions—with the exception of two—were direct. Even the two indirect ones could be solved with a bit of careful reading. A majority of the questions were contextual and could be solved by referring to the passage. Only one of the questions required the student to draw an inference. There were five vocabulary questions of easy-moderate difficulty level from the passages. For these questions, the student had to identify the synonym(s), meaning(s), or antonym(s) of words/phrases like ‘assimilatio n,’ ‘tumultuous,’ ‘vociferousness,’ ‘bright and colourful in an impressive way,’ and ‘volatile.’

Overall, a well-prepared student could easily attempt around 20-22 questions with good accuracy in around 20-25 minutes.

Logical Reasoning Analysis:

The logical reasoning section was on expected lines, except for a surprise – there was one set of Analytical Reasoning questions.

Overall, the section was moderate in terms of difficulty. A few questions were tricky, and should have ideally been skipped by the students. There were four passages with six questions each. The passages were on the following topics:

1. Role of a consultant (170 words)
2. Lifestyle changes and impact on mental health (300 words)
3. Homelessness (350 words)
4. Seating arrangements (Analytical Reasoning set)

The set on the ‘Role of a consultant’ was a quick and easy read, and all the questions were easy. Four of the answers could be directly drawn based on the premises in the passage. The two application questions were also straightforward, and the wrong options could easily be eliminated. The student should have definitely attempted this set.

The passage on ‘Lifestyle changes’ was also easy to read, but this set had a couple of difficult questions. These were questions that required inferences for which information was not clearly provided in the passage. The students who identified these tricky questions would have done well to stay away from them,

The passage on ‘Homelessness’ was a moderate read, as it had some complex ideas. There were a couple of direct questions, but the other questions had some tricky options. Most of the questions in this passage were inference-based. One question did not have the correct answer choice. Overall, this was the toughest set in this section.

The set on Analytical Reasoning was on Seating Arrangements (Circular) and had 6 questions. While this set was not difficult to solve, four of the six questions did not have the correct options. This could have resulted in some students solving the set over and over to make sure that they did not make any mistakes. How the CLAT authorities will address this set is to be seen.